Naked necks anyone?

[drumstick diva]

Naked necks are really neat and so are Showgirls (naked neck silkies)

 

[CannedMonster]

I know someone on a Facebook page who is breeding Polish NNs.
They’re actually adorable.

 

[cactusrota]

So I got some NN's from Dunlap finally on order! A friend gathered up a couple more of her friends and they filled the order with some turkeys and Sagittas so I don't have to order the whole minimum of 25 birds. I'll be getting 13 straight run and they should be coming the middle of next week!!! Getting excited!

 

[MROO]

I know someone on a Facebook page who is breeding Polish NNs.
They’re actually adorable.

OhMaGosh! WE NEED PICTURES!

 

[drumstick diva]

Have never seen naked neck Polish.

 

[CannedMonster]

Some photos from the internet...

 

[CannedMonster]

Here’s the chicks from the FB group “Naked Neck (aka) Turken Fanciers and Breeders Group”.

 

[drumstick diva]

wow, especially like the white one

 

[MROO]

Some photos from the internet...

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Oh Good Heavens!!! I WANT ONE!!!!!
DD will disown me ... but I do, I want one!

 

[cactusrota]

Naked Neck gene primer: just to be clear.

The naked neck gene is an incomplete dominant gene. Meaning a fully feathered bird cannot hide the gene to pass it on. One copy will show a partial naked neck and two copies will show a full naked neck.

2 copies: expressed as Na/Na. Called Homozygous. (we can call this "Hom")
Shows either a small bow tie or clean neck.

1 copy: expressed as Na/na. Called Heterozygous. (we can call this "Het")
Shows a bigger "bib".

0 copies: expressed as na/na. This is a normal fully feathered bird.

Breeding them together:

na/na (0) + Na/na (1) = 50% (0), 50% (1)

Na/na (1) + Na/na (1) = 50% (1), 25% (2), 25% (0)

Na/na (1) + Na/Na (2) = 50% (1), 50% (2)

Na/Na (2) + Na/Na (2) = 100% (2)

Na/Na (2) + na/na (0) = 100% (1)


and if visuals help better, the Na genetics can be overlaid right on top of a Black/Blue/Splash breeding chart as the gene works the same way.
Just sub Na/Na for splash, Na/na for blue, and na/na for black.